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Lizzy YellowSour

@yellowsourfruit.bsky.social
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Too online. My timeline is a doomscroll diary you won't like. Attorney and erstwhile political scientist (ABD).

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 19h
You know, the thing is, I had drafted this piece a month ago, and then never published it, because I thought maybe it was too mean.
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
America if the news covered it like those countries Over There
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
X is the platform of choice for these smears. Musk himself pushed this conspiracy from his own account three times. Democrats need to go to war against Musk because he's already attacking them. He's deeply unpopular. And, as we saw in Wisconsin, voters recoil when he becomes an issue in a race.
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 11/10/2026
As best as I can tell, RFK Jr.'s latest antivax stunt runs counter to the WMA Declaration of Helsinki. Withholding HepB vaccination clearly does not meet any definition of clinical equipoise. Doing it anyway, overseas, is straight up colonialist medicine.
Use of Placebo

    The benefits, risks, burdens, and effectiveness of a new intervention must be tested against those of the best proven intervention(s), except in the following circumstances:

    If no proven intervention exists, the use of placebo, or no intervention, is acceptable; or
    If for compelling and scientifically sound methodological reasons the use of any intervention other than the best proven one(s), the use of placebo, or no intervention is necessary to determine the efficacy or safety of an intervention; and the participants who receive any intervention other than the best proven one(s), placebo, or no intervention will not be subject to additional risks of serious or irreversible harm as a result of not receiving the best proven intervention.

Extreme care must be taken to avoid abuse of this option.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
FDA may allow some toxic chemicals to be added to food without safety review. Experts are alarmed www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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FDA may allow some toxic chemicals to be added to food without safety review. Experts are alarmed
Regulator looks to expand loophole to allow dangerous compounds in food as long as they’re not carcinogenic
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Again, the platform must be institutional reform, not just Democrats winning every election forever & Doing an Abundance of Moderate Popularism.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 09/10/2026
I am angry tonight. Because tonight ICE shot a New Yorker. They shot a New Yorker while his five year old child was in the car. ICE makes this city less safe. We want them out. Now.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This would sink a presidency in any other era. I would bet most Americans will never hear it even happened.
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Trump bought over $1 million in SpaceX debt days before unveiling space policy
The purchase, revealed in his latest financial disclosure, involved a firm directly affected by his administration’s actions — and led by presidential ally Elon Musk.
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Tim Marchman @timmarchman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Our reporters were looking into Cuni for @wired.com before today’s shooting. He has an extensive online history:
An Instagram account apparently associated with Cuni, previously using the handle “shooter.cuni”—now “shooter.914,” seemingly reflecting the Westchester County, New York area code—contains scores of photographs and videos of Cuni with firearms at shooting ranges across the Northeast. Among the items depicted on the account are a mug that appears to be from ICE’s New York City Fugitive Operations team, a silver and black Rolex watch that closely matches one Cuni appears to be wearing in videos from the Marble Hill shooting, and an AR-15-style rifle with a pistol grip, short barrel, holoscopic sights, and olive-colored bandolier that appears to match the one he wielded at the shooting scene.

Another photo on the Cuni-linked Instagram account, posted on September 4, depicts a G.A. Precision Templar VII rifle bolt-action rifle with a telescopic sight mounted on a bipod stand at a gun range. “Cuni” is emblazoned on a suede cushion on the rifle’s stock, and a blue “shooter Cuni” lanyard is visible on a separate cloth ammunition bandoleer. The post’s caption reads, “the finest form of relaxation.”
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Tim Marchman @timmarchman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
NEW: The ICE agent seen wearing a hi-vis vest and waving around an AR-style rifle at the scene of the shooting in New York was a supervisor named Brenden Cuni, who has a history of alleged violence and lying in court. @dmehro.bsky.social, @awinston.bsky.social, and @regret.bsky.social report:
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ICE Agent at NYC Shooting Has History of Alleged Violence and Illegal Arrests
Brenden Cuni, an ICE supervisor, has been accused of excessive force and tackling a pregnant woman to the ground. Several of his arrests were later found to be unlawful in federal court.
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Eric Levai @ericlevai.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Now THIS is how you write a story. Devastating.
Screenshot from this article: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/us/politics/fort-hood-execution-streamed-public.html?unlocked_article_code=1.HVE.Rw7O.Sj-0_s5YONzL&smid=nytcore-android-share
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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Remember when we said that it would get really bad as the President realizes that accountability is nigh?
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/10/2026
1. She's president's human binky & controls his social media 2. Foreign govts use her a conduit for Trump 3. She's lied about much of her background 4. She wouldn't or couldn't get security clearance (see 3) 5. She has an obsession w/ Trump giving their relationship a vaguely inappropriate dynamic
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WIRED @wired.com · 02/10/2026
DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
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ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database
DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The term “remigration” is associated with the extreme right and only came into widespread usage in 2023-4. Even Germany’s AfD avoided using the term in 2024 for fear of scaring away voters. Today the US government is celebrating the “victories” it’s racked up in the “ethnic cleansing” column.
Department of Homelan... • Follow •.• X
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Net negative migration for the first time in HALF a CENTURY.
Americans are amassing victories NEVER seen before thanks to President Trump.
We will continue to grow our efforts to fulfill the mandate given to this administration.
REMIGRATION REPORT
94%)
3.3+
MILLION REMOVALS
INCLUDING DEPORTATIONS AND VOLUNTARY REMOVALS
ASYLUM DENIAL AT 94%
250,000
VISAS REVOKED
REVOKED
TRAVEL BANNED
FROM 39 COUNTRIES
2,600+
287(G)
AGREEMENTS
NATURALIZATIONS
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75%
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Trying to think of some other policy areas where we should expect similar moves. *ever-more-brutal immigration enforcement *crackdown on nonprofit status of left groups *more press bans and FCC actions against news outlets *another round of tariffs *bogus charges in "grand conspiracy" case
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
They're holding up a major escalation in Iran and a crackdown on abortion until after the midterms to limit political damage. To the extent that the last two years have been a right-wing smash-and-grab operation, the next two will be worse.
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Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This 33-year-old nurse told the FBI she knew she was “going to set him free” after border patrol agents brought in a man whose face was bloodied and seriously injured. She treated him and helped him escape, and she faces charges now. He got away, and they never relocated him.
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Jenn Dowd @drjenndowd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I was also pretty stunned by the wording of this NBER abstract 🫠. As @rcobooth.bsky.social lays out very nicely, there are many important questions to be explored here, but language, especially around reproductive choices, matters. substack.com/home/post/p-... #econsky #demography
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On prospective grandparents
(a tiresome thing from the internet this weekend, and some new stories)
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The techbros don't want you to see this trailer. Pass it on.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 27/09/2026
Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit the hardest. trib.al/kQdKbY1
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Trump Moves to Cut Off Student Loans for Tons of Degrees
Under a new rule, if your degree doesn’t make enough money, you won’t be able to get a student loan.
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Project Salt Box @projectsaltbox.com · 26/09/2026
Employees and executives of GEO Group, ICE's largest detention contractor, appear in the metadata of a growing number of DHS detention contract solicitations. The contracts are open to competition from other companies. Neither GEO nor DHS will say what role GEO played in preparing the documents.
A metadata readout for a five-page PDF titled "Performance Work Statement." The Company field reads "GEO Group Inc." and appears twice. The file was created on Sept. 25, 2026, at 1:44 p.m. Eastern using Acrobat PDFMaker 26 for Word. The Author and Creator fields are blurred.
A PDF open in a viewer, titled "Attachment 10c1 - Enhanced Transport Requirements Requirement C (Philadelphia)." The page is headed "Moshannon Enhanced Transportation." It lists requirements for ICE offices in Philadelphia, York and Pittsburgh. These include 24-hour detention, transport and guard coverage; additional "GTI" guard and transport assets; and at least three extra transport teams per day, seven days a week, to stage near arrest teams and act as a "mobile detention facility" until the vans are full. The Pittsburgh section says a hub site would free deportation officers to make more arrests. The metadata panel shows the file was created Dec. 11, 2025, with Acrobat PDFMaker 25 for Word. The author field contains the name of a GEO Group Executive Vice President. A PDF open in a viewer, titled "Attachment 10c - Anticipated Transportation Routes Estimate Requirement C (Philadelphia)." The page is a table headed "Moshannon Incremental Mileage Estimate." It lists routes from Dover and the Pittsburgh Sub-Office to ICE offices, airports, federal prisons and about 20 county prisons, with miles per trip, vehicle type, trip frequency and total annual miles. The largest entry is Pittsburgh to Erie County Prison, five times a week, at 68,120 miles a year. The metadata panel shows the file was created Dec. 10, 2025, in Microsoft Excel. The author field contains the name of a GEO Group senior vice president.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Trump invited his billionaire pals to the state dinner with Chinese President Xi Jinping last night. Since he’s been back in office, the wealthiest households have gained 8,000 times more wealth per household than the bottom 50% of households. It’s clear who he governs for.
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Sean Marotta @smmarotta.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Hello, my nightmares.
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Ari Berman @ariberman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This means eligible voters will be wrongly labeled non-citizens due to faulty and unreliable data and be purged from the rolls
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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
a high five? i will give u a high six for doing your best out here
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Cute Red Panda Looks Up
Alt: red panda giving a high six
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 23/09/2026
i think you can fairly say that the second trump administration is the most racist federal administration since woodrow wilson and honestly i'm not sure that it isn't more racist than wilson's
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Andrew Weissmann @weissmann.substack.com · 21/09/2026
Huge deal ⬇️
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Victor Pickard @victorpickard.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Tragically, the AGs did indeed cave: www.freepress.net/news/attorne...
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Attorney General Bonta Caves to Pressure from Billionaires and Gavin Newsom, Paves Way for Disastrous Paramount-Warner Bros. Mega-Merger
"The capitulation marks a new low," says Jessica J. González. "It’s a sad day for all of us because it will cut jobs & raise prices, as it consolidates the media even more to enable authoritarians."
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 21/09/2026
Banished to alien lands: Trump’s secret deportation deals
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Banished to alien lands: Trump’s secret deportation deals
After a plane journey in shackles, an Iranian woman found herself in the middle of Africa in a country she did not know existed. She is one of thousands deported from the US on the back of shadowy deals made with dozens of countries. An in-depth investigation reveals the ‘show of force’ costing American taxpayers millions No one would tell the shackled detainees onboard the US immigration plane where they were going. The officers in charge would taunt them when they asked, they said. It was only when the seat-back video screens finally showed a map that the 18 migrants worked it out. Continue reading...
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Lizzy YellowSour @yellowsourfruit.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"Resisted detention." He was a US citizen, ffs Detained because he was brown: in the new US, only white-presenting people can be presumed to hold citizenship at baseline. Thank you, Kavanaugh Stops #NotMySupremeCourt
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Lizzy YellowSour @yellowsourfruit.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
How To Radicalize People Against Their Own Government: A How-To Guide By ICE and Border Patrol
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Micah @rincewind.run · 21/09/2026
congratulations to everyone on reinventing Worse Cable
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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 20/09/2026
You, a fall person: Ohmygosh I love fall!! Pumpkins! Cozy sweaters! Hot tea and cider! Pumpkins! Pumpkin Spice Lattes! The changing colors of leaves!!!! Me, a spring and summer person: :: pulls hoddie tight over head :: beware: the time of darkness, cold, decay, and death is nigh
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Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Here's our story on this. And yes, those symptoms are really in the guidance. taskandpurpose.com/field-guide/...
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Pentagon reboots testosterone screening plan for men 30 and over
Testosterone deficiency screenings will be mandatory for male troops 30 and up, but replacement therapy will be voluntary.
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The Marshall Project @themarshallproject.org · 15/09/2026
After federal agents killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti, the Trump admin reset its strategy. Flashy, made-for-media operations in big cities? Out. Quiet, widespread, hard-to-track enforcement? In. New data shows immigration arrests are surging as a result. www.themarshallproject.org/2026/09/10/i...
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Inside the ‘Shadow Surge’ Driving ICE Arrests to New Heights
Flush with money and leery of bad publicity, ICE has banked on local police agencies to help ramp up immigration arrests.
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Maybe most important: we have to take this seriously. I know it's so tempting to laugh at people who claim Americans are all "drinking abortions." It's fucking absurd. But stupid is the new normal, and we'd do well to stop acting like we have the luxury of being above it
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BREAKING: EPA Will Test Drinking Water for Abortion Pills & Contraception
The federal agency just caved to years of anti-abortion pressure
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 13/09/2026
For likely the first time in modern history, the Supreme Court decided more cases in fast-tracked, secretive proceedings than in open court. These “shadow docket” decisions have let the Trump admin. bypass lower courts on deportations, ICE stops and more — often with little to no explanation.
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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
On 9/11, the people of Gander stepped up. They showed the very best of Canada.
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Raffi Melkonian @rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The tip of antifa's spear, black shrouded vandals of decorative pools.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
“We need an Ozempic for cars. They are growing at a phenomenal rate, wreaking havoc on roads, squeezing out smaller vehicles and endangering pedestrians. Like ever-hungry teenagers, cars in Europe are growing on average a centimetre wider every year.” Don’t repeat North America’s mistake, Europe.
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Britain’s cars and SUVs are growing bigger – but there is a way to stop this deadly ‘carspreading’ | Christian Wolmar
Larger vehicles crowd our roads and are far more dangerous to pedestrians. Let’s curb them before they do even more damage, says says transport commentator Christian Wolmar
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
From @timmiller.bsky.social : “We are imprisoning Maryam, Eissa, and their teenage son not because they are a threat to national security—but because of something a family member did before any of them were born.” 😕🇺🇸 @marcorubio
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Marco Rubio Is Punishing a Teenage Boy for His Grandmother’s Sins
America gave Rubio’s family a second chance. He gave this family a cage.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Here come the bans on Canadian products. @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 07/09/2026
Happy Labor Day!
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David Ingram @davidingram.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Tesla has told first responders that they might need to “push” the new Cybercab out of the way in an emergency
Opening paragraph of an NBC News story: Tesla's new Cybercab may need a "push" from first responders if it stalls on the road because the vehicle has no steering wheel or pedals that would let an officer drive it out of the way, according to a safety plan filed with Texas officials.
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Ann Telnaes @anntelnaes.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
The Supreme Court allows the construction of Trump's ballroom to continue without congressional approval and the U.S. Treasury announces the release of Trump's gold coin. Trump continues to leave his stain on Washington. anntelnaes.substack.com/p/vulgar-and...
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
"The unpopular President calls upon government regulators of the media to punish reporters for accurately reporting the news" is a statement that can only possibly describe an authoritarian regime. www.reuters.com/business/med...
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Trump says NBC's Welker will be reported to FCC
U.S. President ​Donald Trump ‌on Sunday said ​in a ​post on Truth ⁠Social ​that NBC's ​Kristen Welker will be reported ​to ​the FCC for "rebuke or ‌punishment", ⁠after he said she ​reported ​the ⁠Repu...
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
"The unpopular President calls upon government regulators of the media to make the bad polls disappear" is a statement that can only possibly describe an authoritarian regime.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
🇫🇷 FRANCE: “A photograph of Palestinian footballers playing on a makeshift pitch surrounded by the ruins of Gaza has been removed from a major sports photography exhibition in France following complaints from pro-Israel campaigners.” greatreporter.com/2026/08/25/e...
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